The Missouri Yearbook of Agriculture: Annual Report, Հատորներ 6-7The Board, 1872 |
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The Missouri Yearbook of Agriculture: Annual Report, Հատոր 25 Missouri. State Board of Agriculture Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1893 |
The Missouri Yearbook of Agriculture: Annual Report, Հատոր 14 Missouri. State Board of Agriculture Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1880 |
The Missouri Yearbook of Agriculture: ... Annual Report, Թողարկում 49 Missouri. State Board of Agriculture Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1917 |
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Էջ 128 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep Sea, and music in its roar...
Էջ 101 - ... approaches the end, and the uniformity of strand does not entirely depend on the uniformity in number of the individual threads forming it. Whenever the silk rises in locks the temperature of the water is known to be too hot, and when it unwinds with difficulty the temperature is, on the contrary, too low. The operator is supplied with a skimmer with which to remove all chrysalides and refuse silk; also, with a basin of cold water in which to cool her fingers, which are being constantly dipped...
Էջ 126 - Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest. Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Էջ 11 - War be, and he hereby is, authorized and required to provide for taking meteorological observations at the military stations in the interior of the continent and at other points in the States and Territories of the United States, and for giving notice on the northern lakes and on the sea-coast, by magnetic telegraph and marine signals, of the approach and force of storms.
Էջ 67 - Monthly," has so frequently observed such to be the case with plants, that he considers it a law " that with a weakened vitality comes an increased power to bear male flowers."* But this throws no light on the production of winged females, and here, as in thousands of other instances, nature tells us plainly to be satisfied with the facts without the explanation. Our winged female is a reality ! What, then are her functions? In the breeding jars she invariably flies towards the greatest light, and...
Էջ 96 - In addition, we have certain peculiarities in acute rheumatism, such as the effect of salicylates upon the temperature and the pain, and the effect of diet in determining the probability of a relapse. There has been, and still is, much difference of opinion as to the value of salicylates, and of the method in which they are given : whether they should be combined with alkalies ; and again as to the question whether meat or meat extracts render a relapse probable. Twenty years ago I watched the course...
Էջ 9 - Jannexed, the duty was imposed upon the Secretary of War of causing meteorological observations to be taken, and of giving notice by telegraph and signal of the approach and force of storms.
Էջ 81 - ... manufacture in the United States. It will be resumed in brief terms near the close of the report. As germane to the American branch of this subject, it may be stated in this connection that silk culture was recently commenced in the republic of Ecuador. Its soil and climate are said to be wonderfully adapted to the growth of the mulberry and the rearing of the grub, especially in the neighborhood of Quito. The first eggs were imported from France in 185fl.
Էջ 90 - The silkworm has long been known to be subject to a very fatal and infectious disease called the Muscardine. Audouin transmitted it by inoculation. This disease is entirely due to the development of a fungus, Botrytis Bassiana, in the body of the caterpillar ; and its contagiousness and infectiousness are accounted for in the same way as those of the fly-disease. But of late years a still more serious epizootic has appeared among the silkworms ; and I may mention a few facts which will give you some...
Էջ 11 - WAR," authorizing the Secretary of War to provide for taking meteorological observations at the military stations and other points of the interior of the continent, and for giving notice on the northern lakes and sea-board of the approach and force of storms...